Iowa History 101: Bert and Lou: The Story of the Herbert Hoover Family

Join the State Historical Society of Iowa for an online learning series that focuses on the past lives of Iowans. In this week's webinar, titled Bert and Lou: The Story of the Herbert Hoover Family, Craig Wright, Supervisory Archivist for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, discussed the lives of two important Iowan luminaries - Herbert and Lou Hoover. Listeners explored the lives of the Hoovers through photographs and film clips which illustrated their years of adventure as world travelers, philanthropists, President and First Lady and service after the Presidency.

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Herbert Hoover writes in his memoirs that he broke the virgin prairie sod in Sioux County, Iowa, when he was an orphan, living with his uncle and aunt. His uncle walked behind the ox operating the plow while he sat on the back of the ox, soaking up the sun and taking in the fresh air. His uncle, if memory serves me correctly, was through his mother’s side. Their last name began with the letter “M.” What township in Sioux County or city in Iowa would that be today? Thank you.